# Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite vs Qwen3.8-Flash-Next

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite and Qwen3.8-Flash-Next across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/gemini-3-1-flash-lite-vs-qwen3-8-flash-next
- Last updated: October 10, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 1
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

Evidence is too thin for a benchmark verdict: Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite and Qwen3.8-Flash-Next share only 1 sourced benchmark row.

## Summary

- Only 1 shared sourced benchmark row is available. That is not enough for a broad capability verdict, so this mirror does not name an overall winner.
- Qwen3.8-Flash-Next has the lower published output-token price.
- Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite has the larger published context window at 1M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite | Qwen3.8-Flash-Next |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Google | Alibaba |
| Type | Proprietary | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Non-Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 1M | 262K |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | 48.09 | 64.23 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 10 | 24 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.25 / $1.50 | $0.00 / $0.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite public-lane score: 28.3 (Estimated · #90/123)
- Qwen3.8-Flash-Next public-lane score: 59.5 (Estimated · #24/123)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite | Qwen3.8-Flash-Next | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Gert Labs | 38.46% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | 34.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CoWorkBench | Coming soon | 73.9% | Coming soon |
| JobBench | Coming soon | 55.7% | Coming soon |
| Agents' Last Exam | Coming soon | 51.2% | Coming soon |
| Toolathlon-Verified | Coming soon | 73.5% | Coming soon |
| AndroidWorld | Coming soon | 84.5% | Coming soon |
| OSWorld 2.0 | Coming soon | 19.4% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite public-lane score: 25.2 (Estimated · #104/146)
- Qwen3.8-Flash-Next public-lane score: 52.4 (Supported · #37/146)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite | Qwen3.8-Flash-Next | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Vibe Code Bench | 0.00% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | 80.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | 62.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | Coming soon | 62.5% | Coming soon |
| SWE Multilingual | Coming soon | 81% | Coming soon |
| NL2Repo | Coming soon | 48.1% | Coming soon |
| DeepSWE | Coming soon | 58.7% | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench v6 | Coming soon | 91.9% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.8-Flash-Next public-lane score: 80.9 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite | Qwen3.8-Flash-Next | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| JevBench 1.4 | 14.26 | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| JevBench 1.5 | 19.58 | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite public-lane score: 42 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)
- Qwen3.8-Flash-Next public-lane score: 87.7 (#8/54)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite | Qwen3.8-Flash-Next | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| CharXiv | 73.2% | 90.6% | Qwen3.8-Flash-Next |
| Vision2Web | Coming soon | 64.0% | Coming soon |
| ERQA | Coming soon | 72.3% | Coming soon |
| LVBench | Coming soon | 76.6% | Coming soon |
| RealWorldQA | Coming soon | 88.5% | Coming soon |
| MathVision | Coming soon | 90.6% | Coming soon |
| MathVision w/ Python | Coming soon | 95.7% | Coming soon |
| CharXiv w/o tools | Coming soon | 84.6% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite public-lane score: 48.9 (Estimated · #82/177)
- Qwen3.8-Flash-Next public-lane score: 59.4 (Supported · #47/177)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite | Qwen3.8-Flash-Next | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | 81.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | 86.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA | Coming soon | 91.7% | Coming soon |
| GPQA-D | Coming soon | 91.7% | Coming soon |
| HLE | Coming soon | 35.9% | Coming soon |
| HLE w/o tools | Coming soon | 35.9% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.8-Flash-Next public-lane score: 91.2 (#22/127)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite | Qwen3.8-Flash-Next | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFBench | Coming soon | 81.3% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Is there enough evidence to pick between Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite and Qwen3.8-Flash-Next?

Not yet. The models share only 1 sourced benchmark row, so this mirror reports the available measurements and metadata without naming a broad winner.

### What can I compare safely on this page?

Published pricing, context windows, model type, and individual shared benchmark rows are directly comparable. Independent overall scores and non-overlapping benchmark coverage are labeled separately and should not be read as a controlled head-to-head result.

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